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2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Vietnam
Dates 6–16 October
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up  North Korea
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 56 (3.73 per match)
Top scorer(s) Japan Mai Kyōkawa
North Korea Yun Hyon-Hi (5 goals)
Best player Japan Mai Kyōkawa
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The 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Vietnam hosted the tournament from 6 to 16 October 2011. The top 3 teams Japan, North Korea, and China qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Japan was later named host of the U-20 Women's World Cup, so their spot was awarded to fourth-place finisher South Korea.

The tournament format is:

teams not in the top 8 of last tournament

2 groups of 4 teams, hosted by Philippines and Bangladesh

teams placed 6 to 8 in last tournament

1 groups of 5 teams, hosted by Malaysia

top 5 finishers from last tournament

round-robin tournament, hosted by Vietnam

Uzbekistan and Iran progressed from the first qualifying round as winners but then finished in the last two places in the second qualification round. Vietnam came through the qualification as the group winner in the 2nd qualification round.

The host city was Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The Final round was played at the following stadiums.

All matches were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7)


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